Switching to software mode in the configuration program sometimes helps with cut scene problems. I'm not sure about the version compatibility. That save wasn't from the demo, was it? In the load screen if you select that save, what is listed as the version? One person in the old forum had this value become corrupt (it showed up as a couple non alphanumeric characters), but was able to hex edit the appropriate file to get it to load properly (just the version number was effected).
Troubleshooting Tips (& manual install procedure)
